CHITWAN, July 16: Chitwan National Park has fitted a radio collar on Dhrube, a rogue elephant believed to have killed 25 people in and around the national park and its buffer zone. The elephant was tranquilized using a dart gun on Wednesday night and later released into the park.
Information Officer of Chitwan National Park, Abinash Thapa Magar, said the radio collar was installed to monitor the elephant's movements. Dhrube's tusks were also trimmed before its release.
GPS collaring to protect red panda
Thapa Magar said the collar would allow authorities to track Dhrube in real time and monitor its activities through GPS technology.
A team comprising personnel from the Nepali Army, Chitwan National Park, and the National Trust for Nature Conservation installed the radio collar on the elephant.
The park intensified its search for Dhrube for 10 days after the elephant killed 25-year-old Ashika Bote and her four-year-old son, Bharat Bote, in Bharatpur Metropolitan City-23, Chitwan.
According to park officials, it took 10 days to bring Dhrube under control due to unfavorable weather conditions and dense vegetation in the area.
